With the worldwide ban on the cultivation of the hemp plant, an important raw material with the potential to produce thousands of products has disappeared from the market. It has caused alternative products to dominate the market, but with a heavy impact on our environment.
A ban that impacted on people and the environment
Because of the ban on hemp, many people around the world have been deprived of their livelihood, work and food. Many of these people have fallen into poverty. As a result of the ban, a staple food that is part of our food chain has disappeared from the market. The consequences have meant that people all over the world lack essential proteins, vitamins, minerals and fats, which are components of the seed and which the body and brain urgently need to remain healthy and vital in the future. Deficiency symptoms due to a lack of these important nutrients are evident in many people today. Especially in the Western world, many people suffer from nutritional deficiencies due to chronic diseases caused by changing eating habits. For animals, especially birds, hemp seed is also part of the food chain that has been missing for 87 years and some species have become extinct due to this ban.
Prior to the 1937 ban, most of the products that have been on the market since then, such as nylon clothing, wood paper with chemical sizing and chemical medicines, were once made from hemp. The result is that these products, which have been on the market since 1937, have almost completely destroyed nature and people suffer from the side effects of incorrect medicinal preparations.
Since hemp oil is also a valuable energy and fuel and is no longer produced in large quantities, we have been lacking this important renewable energy ever since. As is now known, the energies we currently use, such as gas, coal, oil and wood, will soon be exhausted. Ever-increasing energy costs for consumers, supply problems for households, industry and transport costs lead to more and more bottlenecks (cost of living) and budget holes, of which we are increasingly aware. As non-renewable energies are mainly promoted these days and energy reserves will soon be depleted, these will also be lacking in other sectors in the future. Gas, for example, for work processes (welding), oil for plastics or wood for furniture will no longer be available to our future generations. Occupational sectors such as jobs in these areas, as well as the livelihoods of people working in these areas, will be lost.
